Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 962 16. Hunting

A few days later, New York at night.

There are also some frail Miss Magicians wearing a casual dress and walking on the streets of Hell's Kitchen.

Half a year is enough time for the city of New York to recover from the disaster.

At least in this city, there are no traces left by that disaster anymore.

In the chaos of the day, Hell's Kitchen was also affected. The worst neighborhood in Manhattan was shattered by a third of the beams and bullets that fell from the sky, but it was also a blessing in disguise.

When rebuilding the city, the city hall has been delayed for a long time, and the renovation project of Hell's Kitchen also took advantage of this opportunity to start.

A real estate tycoon named Wilson Fisk contracted this job. It is said that he was also born in Hell's Kitchen and wanted to take this opportunity to make some contributions to his hometown.

However, another gossip said that the background of Fisk, a businessman, was not simple.

He appears to have ties to some of the local gangsters.

When I made a fortune before, I also used improper means to make profits.

In the process of transforming Hell's Kitchen, the construction company under his command seemed to have had some conflicts with the locals.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with Zatanna.

She's not from New York.

With her hands in the pockets of her windbreaker, amidst the crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground, she walked along the reconstruction road, attracting the attention of many men along the way.

A girl with a beautiful face, a perfect figure, and a superhuman temperament can get such treatment anywhere.

This is as it should be.

Zatanna was used to the strange stares of those men, but she didn't care.

"St. Matthew's Church..."

Zatana stood under a street lamp at a street corner, raised her head, and looked at the quaint and solemn cathedral in front of her.

After confirming that this was where Merlin hid the Horcrux, she looked around, stretched out her hand and threw a spell on herself, then walked into the church with her long legs.

It was very late, so there were not many people in the church.

Several nuns were wiping the icon in front of the church, and on the seats at the back of the church, several believers were praying.

Zatana walked on the steps, she wanted to find that Father Paul as soon as possible.

"what?"

Miss Magician accidentally saw a person close to Merlin when she turned her head.

Matt Murdoch.

Merlin's adopted son.

A young man wearing sunglasses and holding a guide stick. He has a handsome face, but there is not much smile on his face.

"Why is he here?"

Zatanna muttered, she didn't go near Matt, she found a nun who was sweeping the floor, she asked softly:

"Hi, ma'am, I'm looking for Father Paul, I have some personal matters."

"Hello."

Sister Maggie, who was disturbed by Zatana, looked up. The nun with a cross on her neck smiled at Zatana, and she said softly:

"Father Paul is not in New York right now."

"Ok?"

Zatanna blinked and said:

"Where did he go?"

"One month ago, the priest was invited to participate in the church's parade in North America."

Sister Maggie, who made the sign of the cross on her chest, explained:

"This event will last for four months. Those highly respected people will visit thousands of monasteries in North America. I don't know where the priest is now."

"But if you're in a hurry, I can give you his phone number."

"Um..."

Zatanna hesitated.

After learning the truth about Merlin's farewell, she knew that there really are gods in this world, and Merlin also told her to be careful.

After thinking for a while, she glanced at the icon in the church, and then smiled at the nun.

she says:

"It's not too urgent. I'll visit after the priest comes back. I'm really sorry for your inconvenience, ma'am."

"It's ok."

Sister Maggie smiled, then put her head down and continued cleaning the church.

Like a very sincere person.

Zatana, who walked out of the church, was a little depressed.

She could guess that it was not easy to find Merlin's Horcrux, but the simplest task had a bad start, which still made Miss Magician feel a kind of malice.

Like malice from the world.

"Go to Raccoon City to see?"

Zatana was walking on the street, thinking about what she was going to do next, but when passing by a dark alley, Miss Magician suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She turned her head to look at the deep dark alley, and she could feel that a battle was going on.

Just deep in the dark alley.

She didn't want to care about it, but Matt Murdoch's breath was there.

"Swish"

Zatanna's figure disappeared in place, and when she reappeared, she came to the place where the battle was taking place.

She stood under a hidden wall, looking at the two warring parties in front of her.

A group of well-dressed punks, with messy tattoos on their bodies, and messy weapons in their hands, were filled with the aura of a mob army.

They appear to have just smashed open a window in a shop to get something out of it, when an unexpected visitor stops them.

A vigilante.

He was wearing a black sweater, black pants, combat boots, and white bandages around his fists.

The most peculiar thing is that he wears a black hat, which is pulled down to cover his eyes, as if he does not need the gaze of his eyes to fight.

The man in black, who was besieged by a few gangsters, moved vigorously, and he looked vigorous with every punch and kick.

Those gangsters were merciless in their strikes, and the weapons in their hands slammed wildly at the man in black.

But the man in black seems to have the ability to predict the future. Whenever the weapon falls, he can dodge it by a slight margin, and then retaliate with a more vicious counterattack.

With 1 vs 6, it's really an unfair fight.

The six men had to find some more help to deal with this eccentric vigilante.

"Matt Murdoch."

Zatanna looked at the man in black jumping back and forth in the darkness in front of her, a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Merlin, Merlin, I knew that there would be no normal people around you... Even the one who looks the most normal is actually not normal."

Miss Magician didn't intend to help.

On the one hand, a spellcaster beating up punks with magic is just too tasteless.

Matt, on the other hand, doesn't need her help either.

After a few minutes, Matt picked up a bloody baseball bat from the ground without turning his head back.

The last little gangster who ran away in panic had just taken a few steps when he was knocked to the ground by the flying baseball bat.

Tranquility returned to the chaotic streets.

Matt stood panting in the middle of a group of downed people, he was a little tired.

"Who's there! Come out!"

Matt's ears moved, and he turned his head to "look" in the direction Zatanna was hiding, facing a blind man, Miss Magician didn't need any disguise.

She clapped her hands and emerged from hiding, seemingly applauding Matt for his performance.

Matt quietly clenched a device on his waist that looked like a rescue device. It was hard to tell whether the visitor was an enemy or a friend, but his instinct was telling him that the visitor was very dangerous.

At least he can't handle it.

But the next moment, when Zatanna got close enough to Matt, his nose twitched.

He smelled Zatanna's violet perfume.

He seemed to have smelled the same smell on Merlin, and more than once.

Matt let go of his hands, and he asked:

"You...you are Merlin's friend?"

"!!!"

Zatana was really a little surprised now.

The relationship between her and Merlin was very, very secret, and no one knew about it except the two of them.

This guy in front of me...

Kind of interesting.

"Yes, I'm Merlin's friend."

Zatana distorted her voice with voice-changing magic, and it sounded a little low. She said:

"I passed by here and saw your battle by accident... Go back, kid, Merlin doesn't want to see the people he cares about and protects here fighting with a bunch of scum."

"He did."

Matt says:

"He said being a superhero was a dead-end job."

"Then why are you still here?"

Zatanna said:

"Are you a bad boy? Don't you listen to your adoptive father?"

"I just..."

Facing Zatanna's questioning, Matt was silent for a moment, and he said:

"I just don't want to see the world that Merlin saved by sacrificing himself being messed up by these guys again. I just do some work within my ability, and vigilante police is not my main job."

"is it?"

Zatanna pursed her lips, and she looked at the young man with super-sensuality in front of her.

After a moment, she turned and walked into the darkness, and before leaving, she said to Matt:

"The next time you jump out to fight crime, you'd better wear some armor and a weapon to protect yourself and not get hurt..."

"Merlin will be sad."

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"Matt? Did you get a good rest tonight?"

After Matt returned to his apartment, a call came from afar.

Raven's signature, calm, almost emotionless voice came from the phone, and she said:

"You don't need to interfere with the affairs of New York. We will deal with it when we go back."

"I just finished a lawsuit."

Matt washes up like a normal person in the bathroom, saying:

"I know my limits, Raven, don't worry about me."

"You should call me sister!"

Raven says:

"Stay at home honestly, if I go back and find that you have more wounds on your body... you will die!"

"Will not."

Matt smiled and said:

"They couldn't hit me at all."

"Anyway, don't go out again!"

Raven's tone became severe:

"Be your lawyer, don't worry about other things, we will go back soon."

A moment later, Raven's voice softened again, and she said to Matt:

"Peter's birthday is coming soon, you have to prepare a gift, don't forget."

"Well, I just picked it up on the way to work today."

As Matt toweled his hair and picked up the razor, he said:

"Is your operation over there going well?"

"It went well."

Raven says:

"It has been found, and this matter will be over soon. Well, let's not talk, you can go to rest early."

After speaking, Ruiwen hung up the phone.

Matt, the blind blind man, finished shaving quickly, stroked his clean chin, and planned to go to bed.

But just as he was walking out of the bathroom, his ears moved.

Two blocks away, there were cries for help.

is a woman...

And gunshots.

"Fu..."

Matt breathed a sigh of relief, he buckled his black hood over his head, opened the window and was about to jump out.

But before jumping out, he suddenly remembered the advice given to him by the mysterious lady just now, Matt turned around, rushed into the study, and put a black box into his pocket.

At the moment of leaping out the window, Matt shrugged.

"What Merlin left me... I hope I don't have to use it."

On the other side, half a world away, on the cold snowfield of Siberia, in a tent.

In the burning candlelight, Rui Wen, who was wearing round-rimmed glasses, was sorting out some prepared magic materials.

Beside her, Lorna dressed herself like a slender polar bear in a thick fur coat, eating sealed jerky.

She listened to the sound of the cold wind whistling outside the tent.

The green-haired girl glanced behind her again.

In the corner of the tent, the little wolf girl Laura, who was wearing a black and yellow combat uniform, was sitting there cross-legged, sharpening the simple samurai sword in her hand with a whetstone.

Laura sharpened it seriously, and amidst the sound of the sharp blade hissing, there was a savage light shining in the eyes of the little wolf girl.

She is ready to fight at any time.

Lorna curled her lips, and she glanced enviously at the katana in Laura's hand.

That was left by Merlin to Little Wolf Girl.

Of course, Merlin also left her something, but compared to Laura's cool gift, what she got was very frustrating.

At least the appearance is very frustrated.

Lorna quickly finished eating the jerky, she licked her lips, and said to Ruiwen who was preparing the ingredients for the spell:

"Is Matt okay at home?"

"No, not at all."

Ruiwen calmly replied:

"I asked Tucker to help us watch him, but Tucker called yesterday and said that there is a vigilante in Hell's Kitchen these days who is acting chivalrously in the dark..."

"He wants to do something too."

Lorna shrugged. She stroked her green hair and said:

"He also doesn't want to see the city that Merlin tried his best to protect into chaos again. I heard that after the Heroes Association was disbanded, the security situation in New York began to deteriorate again."

"He's a lawyer."

Raven says:

"He can use the law to make the city a better place without needing to go shirtless and bring down criminals in the dark of night..."

"He's different from us, he's just an ordinary person with more sensitive senses."

"Be sharper?"

Lorna opened her hands exaggeratedly and said:

"I don't think there are many people in this world whose senses are more acute than Matt's. He's like a personal radar. What's more, didn't Merlin leave something for him?"

"Beowulf?"

Raven raised her head, pushed her glasses, and said to Lorna:

"That's not a good thing, and I hope he never uses it."

"We have to finish things here quickly."

Ruiwen raised her wrist and looked at the time. She said to her two sisters:

"Aunt May, Peter and little Riley are still waiting for us to go home..."

"Let's go, find it tonight!"

"bass"

With the sound of the sharp blade unsheathing, the little wolf girl stood up, and she picked up a helmet that was somewhat similar to Wolverine Logan's mask from her hand, and buckled it on her face.

Lorna also stood up. She adjusted the heavy fur on her body, and then spread her hands.

In the magnetic tumbling, more than a dozen old and worn armor pieces gathered together.

Those armor pieces were closed on her arms, forming a pair of slightly hideous gauntlets.

"boom"

Lorna clenched her fists and bumped them together. Amidst the sparks flying, a hint of ferocity flashed across the face of the green-haired girl. She said:

"Yes, find that guy, beat it, question it, and finally..."

"Kill it!"

(End of this chapter)